Fox News Skips Obama Gun Speech

[TruthOut10]

Fox News chose to skip President Obama's statement on the background checks proposal that failed to pass in the Senate on Wednesday.

The bipartisan proposal on expanded background checks, a move that is supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans, fell short with the Senate voting 54-46 against the amendment.

Broadcast and cable networks interrupted regular programming to bring viewers Obama's remarks, except Fox News. The cable network stayed on "The Five," where hosts were discussing the media coverage of the Boston bombings.


Fox News Skips Obama Gun Vote Statement; Host Apologizes

 

[AmyNation]

It wasnt so much a speech as an angry rant.

 

[earlycuyler]

It wasnt so much a speech as an angry rant.

Yup. The butt hurt was flowing. Bammer aint used to being told no. And no one will go out on a limb for him because he screwed to many over with heath care reform.

 

[Trajan]

I just watched about a minute of it.....oh wait they didn't carry it live?

 

[Politico]

As well they should have. We don't need to give attention to a president who doesn't think Boston being blown up is a priority.

 

[Trajan]

Fox News chose to skip President Obama's statement on the background checks proposal that failed to pass in the Senate on Wednesday.

The bipartisan proposal on expanded background checks, a move that is supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans, fell short with the Senate voting 54-46 against the amendment.

Broadcast and cable networks interrupted regular programming to bring viewers Obama's remarks, except Fox News. The cable network stayed on "The Five," where hosts were discussing the media coverage of the Boston bombings.


Fox News Skips Obama Gun Vote Statement; Host Apologizes

if the overwhelming number of Americans knew it would have done squat to stop any of the recent violence obama has trotted out to stir emotional angst, they would understand.....but obama knows emotional rants in the place of logic usually trumps reason and thats why he played that card, he got elected on it too.....



hes using these folks to cover the the complete lack of seriousness in combating the gun deaths that take African Americans from us in huge comparative numbers , in urban areas run predominantly by demcoratic admins....

 

[Dot Com]

MurdochTV didn't carry it? Quelle surprise!!!

 

[hortysir]

It wasnt so much a speech as an angry rant.

First sentence used Sandy Hook children.

Second sentence used Gabby.

Whining at it's finest.

 

[Trajan]

MurdochTV didn't carry it? Quelle surprise!!!

I am sure it will be on you tube, so if you're a slobbering dunce who finds it appealing to listen to dishonest mawkish rants, you'll love it!!!!wait a minute

 

[earlycuyler]

 

[Muhammed]

Why should they have covered Obama's BS?

 

[emilynghiem]

It wasnt so much a speech as an angry rant.

Yup. The butt hurt was flowing. Bammer aint used to being told no. And no one will go out on a limb for him because he screwed to many over with heath care reform.

Yes, as I understand it was connected with why the bill failed.
Even people who support background checks were against the overreaching
clauses where treatment for depression, for example, would count as mental illness
reported to federal govt. The spiritual process of recovery and healing is definitely not
the govt's business to regulate. We need to set up ways to define what is criminally ill and dangerous conditions, that ARE a matter of public safety and develop accurate medical procedures to diagnose those like cancer requiring early diagnosis and intervention.

but not use such vague and broad terms that govt ends up overregulating policies better left to people and states. The health care bill already crossed that line, and when you mix in the threat of taking guns away based on these broadened vague powers of govt, of course that is going to get nixed. that was already govt going too far WITHOUT the gun issue.

 

[Political Junky]

Making it ever more obvious what Fox is there for ... carrying the GOP message.

 

[Political Junky]

The bill that was defeated would have provided a 15 year jail term for anyone creating a gun registry.

 

[Mad Scientist]

This is a Big F*ckin' Deal!

 

[jon_berzerk]

Fox News chose to skip President Obama's statement on the background checks proposal that failed to pass in the Senate on Wednesday.

The bipartisan proposal on expanded background checks, a move that is supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans, fell short with the Senate voting 54-46 against the amendment.

Broadcast and cable networks interrupted regular programming to bring viewers Obama's remarks, except Fox News. The cable network stayed on "The Five," where hosts were discussing the media coverage of the Boston bombings.


Fox News Skips Obama Gun Vote Statement; Host Apologizes

good for them

 

[jon_berzerk]

MurdochTV didn't carry it? Quelle surprise!!!

no need to

the American people

know that if they want to watch a segment on dear leader

or get a doctored version of the news 24/7

msnbc is just a channel flip away

 

[FJO]

It wasnt so much a speech as an angry rant.

Exactly!

It was like a petulant, spoiled brat not getting his toy.

I would rather watch Andrea Tanteros or Kimberly Guilfoyle, anyways.

 

[blastoff]

Announcement from the Media Lemmings Department...

We interrupt our normal daily Barry circle jerking to go live to the White House where President Obama is set to agitate his base of low-to-extremely-low information voters once again.

And as a side note (or bet), some veterans among the D.C. media fluffers are wondering if this will be the long awaited, eagerly anticipated performance that finally brings Chis Matthews to a powerful on air orgasmic climax after so many years of those agonizing teasing thrills moving up his leg at just the sound of the words uttered by the First Voice, with that smoker's heaviness to it that really makes things stand up for old Chrissy. Well, up and to the left of course...

 

[mamooth]

Let the butthurt flow, conservatives. Let it flow. Make sure the entire world knows how butthurt you are about the president.

After all, that's why you're so popular now.